Sunday, October 26, 2008

What's my carbon footprint for a 500km drive from Malacca to Penang?

I was curious to figure out what is the carbon footprint of my car and a 500km journey.A bit of googling, I figure out from US EPA that 1 US gallon of gasoline produces about 8.788 kg of CO2 or 2.321544 kg of CO2 per litre.My car's mileage is about 0.065 litres/km or 15.4 km/litre.So, for a 500km journey from Melaka to Penang should consume about:500 km x 0.065 l/km = 32.5 litres of petrol.